Roddy Bottum of Faith No More and Imperial Teen released memoir ‘The Royal We’ through Akashic Books in late 2025, documenting his coming of age in 1980s San Francisco among bicycle messengers, punk rock, and rebellion. The book traces his journey from Los Angeles, where he grew up gay without role models, to San Francisco where he formed Faith No More and toured the world while surviving heroin addiction and the AIDS crisis. Bottum writes about encounters with Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, and Guns N’ Roses alongside recaps of gold records and arena rock, but the core focuses on tragedy, addiction, and life-altering moments told in a clear-eyed voice without self-pity. His pronouncements of achievement and unorthodox heroism flow through the narrative with unstoppable momentum. The book tour launches January 26 at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, continuing to Baltimore, DC, Cambridge, Providence, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Atlanta, Nashville, and additional cities.